CHELSEA ruined Didier Drogba’s return to Stamford Bridge as the Blues swept into the Champions League quarter-finals with a 2-0 victory over Galatasaray.

Jose Mourinho’s side refused to be distracted by Galatasaray striker Drogba’s emotional first appearance at Stamford Bridge since his exit in 2012 and goals from Samuel Eto’o and Gary Cahill killed the last 16, second leg clash before half-time.

While Drogba will cherish the outpouring of affection which greeted him before kick-off, the Ivorian won’t look back so fondly on the match itself as Galatasaray, who had battled to a 1-1 draw in the first leg in Istanbul last month, bowed out with a barely a whimper.

News_Image_File: Former Chelsea player Didier Drogba of Galatasaray waves to his old fans.

Blues legend Drogba, who scored Chelsea’s winning penalty in the 2012 Champions League final against Bayern Munich, was presented with a silver boot during the warm-ups and received a tremendous reception from his former fans.

News_Rich_Media: Didier Drogba has been honoured by Chelsea administrators and supporters upon his return to Stamford Bridge for new club Galatasaray in the second leg of their Champions League round-of-16 tie.

The 36-year-old made a point of seeking out Mourinho just before kick-off and planted a kiss on his old manager’s cheek.

But that was the end of Drogba’s headline act as another veteran striker seized the spotlight.

33-year-old Eto’o has been Chelsea’s only reliable striker this season and once again proved he is still a serious force in the twilight of his career by opening the scoring in the fourth minute.

Eden Hazard was the catalyst as the Belgian showed superb technique to control the ball and spin away from his marker before slipping a pass to Oscar on the right edge of the Galatasaray penalty area.

Oscar quickly picked out Eto’o’s run and the forward exploited the opportunity in ruthless fashion, taking one touch before driving a low shot into the far corner past Fernando Muslera’s weak attempted save.

Eto’o 10th goal of the season prompted an immediate response from Drogba, who tried an ambitious overhead kick from the edge of the area that looped well over the crossbar.

Galatasaray had lost just one of their previous 23 games in all competitions, but Drogba was unable to make any impact and his woeful free-kick, which crashed into a banner reading ‘Drogba Legend’ high behind Petr Cech’s goal, perfectly summed up a dismal display from Roberto Mancini’s side.

And it got even worse for the Turks three minutes before half-time when Chelsea effectively ended the tie.

News_Image_File: Chelsea fans show their appreciation to the old striker.

Terry showed more desire than his markers as he rose highest to meet a corner and powered in a header that Muslera could only parry to Cahill, who gleefully thumped into the net from close-range.

Drogba’s frustration boiled over when he was booked for fouling Cesar Azpilicueta, but Chelsea’s fans kept singing his name until the end.

Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice as Real Madrid cruised into the quarter-finals of the Champions League with a 9-2 aggregate victory over Schalke thanks to a 3-1 win at the Santiago Bernabeu.

However, victory came at a cost for Los Blancos as promising forward Jese Rodriguez suffered a suspected cruciate ligament injury early on in the game.

Ronaldo put Real ahead on the night when he swept home Gareth Bale’s low cross on 21 minutes, but Tim Hoogland’s deflected effort brought the visitors level before half-time.

It took until 16 minutes from time for Ronaldo to put Madrid back in front as he collected a loose ball from Bale and stormed forward to drill low into the net for his 13th Champions League goal of the season.

And Bale was the creator once more for his side’s third moments later when he squared for Alvaro Morata to fire home after Ronaldo had struck the bar.

Ronaldo came within inches of his hat-trick and equalling Lionel Messi’s record of 14 Champions League goals in a season again seven minutes from time, but he had to settle for just a double on the night as his low left-footed effort came back off the post and rebounded to safety.